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THE GREEKS IN AMERICA 1350. Tokas.—Rev. C. Tokas is in charge of the workin Boston, under the Massachusetts Home MissionarySociety. The services are conducted at thechapel of the Park Place Congregational Church.Mr. Tokas gives prominence to social activities andmakes the church a social center where the Orthodoxand Protestants may meet for social occasionsunder true Christian influence at all times. Hestudied at the University of Athens and the ChicagoTheological Seminary. He was in charge of theGreek Evangelical Church, Athens, Greece, foryears, before coming to Boston.0. T. Papadopoulos.—The work in Chicago wasstarted by Rev. C. T. Papadopoulos, a graduate ofAnatolia College and the Theological Seminary,Marsovan, Asia Minor, and pastor of several GreekEvangelical Churches in Asia Minor, before comingto Chicago.He had great opposition at first, but finally thingsquieted down. He conducted Sunday and weekdayservices and Sunday school. His home was a socialcenter where many met for song services on Sundayevenings. He edited the monthy Elpis (Hope).He printed several tracts. He worked independently.The Chicago Tract Society was of muchassistance to his work. He died in 1921. The churchis looking for a successor.Haverhill, Mass., Canton, Ohio.—There was workfor a time at Haverhill, Mass., and Canton, Ohio,but for lack of support and workers, was discontinued.There are many Protestant young men fromthe Black Sea region in Canton and Akron, Ohio,and elsewhere in Ohio and other States. They allneed the counseling and guiding power of the Gospel,and there ought to be found some way to providethem with it.The Russellites.—Groups of young men meet atdifferent centers at New York and elsewhere to